Welcome to the 201st episode of Social Chatter, the longest running social media marketing talk show. We cover the latest social media news from this past week, including new YouTube revenue opportunities, Twitter LiveCut, Manychat and more.

Social Chatter: Social Media Marketing Talk Show - Episode 201

New YouTube Revenue Opportunities

In YouTube news, they are rolling out new YouTube revenue opportunities for creators to make money. These include Super Stickers,Super Chat, membership levels, and additional merchandising options. Let's take a look at each of these new revenue opportunities.

According to YouTube, Super Stickers "will allow fans to purchase animated stickers during live streams and Premieres to show their favorite creators just how much they enjoy their content. Stickers will come in a variety of designs across different languages and categories, such as gaming, fashion and beauty, sports, music, food, and more. These stickers are fun, and we can't wait for you to use them in the coming months!"

YouTube Super Stickers will allow fans to purchase animated stickers during live streams and Premieres.

Next up is YouTube Super Chat, which "allows fans to purchase messages that stand out within a live chat during live streams and Premieres." This is currently the number one revenue stream on YouTube for nearly 20,000 channels.

Other YouTube revenue opportunities include membership levels. With this feature, "creators can now set up to five different price points for channel memberships, each with varying perks."

One other useful feature that YouTube is adding are learning playlists, which is a " a dedicated learning environment for people who come to YouTube to learn."

YouTube Learning Playlists provide a dedicated learning environment for people who come to YouTube to learn.

Why New YouTube Revenue Opportunities Matter For Your Business

YouTube is providing a host of new revenue opportunities for you to generate money from your YouTube channel.

If your business utilizes YouTube and you're looking to monetize your channel, now only can you offer membership levels, but you can sell merchandise using their Merch shelf with companies such as Teespring, Crowdmade, DFTBA, Fanjoy, Represent, Rooster Teeth and more.

You can also offer virtual goods or let fans purchase messages to stand out in a live chat. The bottomline is there aren't any shortages to generate revenue for your channel.

The key takeaway is in order to generate revenue, you'll need to build an engaged fanbase first. This starts with posting engaging content that your viewers are interested in seeing.

You can read the announcement about new YouTube revenue opportunities here.

New: Twitter LiveCut In Media Studio

In Twitter news, they are rolling out Twitter LiveCut, a media publishing tool to help you easily cut video clips from your live broadcast and share them across Twitter. Here is an example from Liverpool FC, who participated in the Twitter LiveCut beta program.

Facebook News Feed Ad Changes

If you run a lot of mobile News Feed ads, Facebook is shrinking the amount of text, along with the image size.

Starting August 19, you'll only see three lines of text (compared to seven) on mobile ads. Photos and videos will have a 4:5 aspect ratio, compared to 2:3 as before.

Why Facebook News Feed Ad Changes Matter For Your Business

The biggest change for business owners is that you'll now have to be careful about the Facebook Ads you create. No longer will you be able to make one version.

Instead, you'll want to create two versions of your Facebook Ads that target News Feed. This includes one for desktop and another for mobile because of the new dimensions. This applies to both photos and videos. Here is a look at the ratios for mobile Facebook ads.

In Testing: TikTok's Instagram-Styled Grid

TikTok is testing a Discover page as well as a grid-style layout that is similar to one you'll find in Instagram Explore. In addition, they are working on an account switcher (likely for business accounts).

As you are probably aware, users prefer visual content, something that TikTok offers.

By adding features that are similar to Instagram, TikTok can steal momentum from Instagram (and users). As a business owner, if you haven't considered TikTok yet, sign-up for an account and take a look at what your competitors are doing on the social media platform and consider whether it's right for your business.

Photofy

Photofy is a content creation tool. You can also repost and schedule social media updates.

Photofy is a content creation and scheduling tool.

With Photofy, you can quickly create beautiful visual content for your social media channels using over 50,000 designs and overlays.

In addition, Photofy includes built-in features such as reposts, scheduling and crossposting to other channels so that you can not only create beautiful designs for your business, but share them in a timely manner with your fans.

Photofy is a freemium app. You can download it and try it out. They offer premium packages, watermark removal, and additional design packages starting at $0.99.

Wrap-up

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If you have any questions about any of the social media news or tools that were mentioned this week, please share them with us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn or in the comments below.

About The Author

Christian KarasiewiczFounder, Social ChefsFounder and CEO of Social Chefs, a digital marketing agency. I host two shows, #SocialChatter, the industries longest running social media marketing talk show and Social Snacks, 5 minute or less social media marketing tutorials.

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